Chapter 51 Mulberry Seedlings
Most of the mulberry saplings that Su Yu brought back were damaged in the car accident, and only a few were usable.
In addition to the saplings, Su Qing was more concerned about the injury of her elder brother Su Yu. She looked at Su Yu lying on the hospital bed, her heart full of worry.
"Su Qing, what should we do next?" Lu Xingchen stood beside her, brows furrowed, his eyes full of anxiety.
Su Qing took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. Her eyes were firm and calm. "We can only cultivate the saplings ourselves. Time is running out. We can't wait any longer."
Lu Xingchen nodded and was about to speak when Bai Lanxiang ran in breathlessly, with a bit of excitement on her face and joy in her tone, "We have found a new source of saplings."
Su Qing and Lu Xingchen looked at each other, and a hint of joy flashed in their eyes.
This news is undoubtedly a ray of light in the darkness for them.
However, when Bai Lanxiang told them that suppliers were raising prices, the three of them felt heavy-hearted again.
This means they will have to pay more to get the saplings they need.
"We can't give in." Su Qing said coldly, her eyes full of determination, "We have to cultivate the saplings ourselves."
Bai Lanxiang looked at Su Qing worriedly, her eyes full of worry: "But time..."
Su Qing interrupted her, "No matter how tight the time is, we can't let the silkworm breeding plan fail."
Lu Xingchen hesitated for a moment. "To be honest, the quality of these saplings is not ideal, and the quantity is far from enough. However, we have no other choice now."
Su Qing was silent for a moment, then made a decision, "We have to be prepared for both situations. We will use these saplings first, and if we need more later, we will cultivate them ourselves. No matter what, we must make the silkworm breeding plan a success."
Lu Xingchen nodded in agreement, "That's the only way."
At this moment, in Lu Xingchen's mind, Su Qing was calm and not panicky in the face of things, and his good impression of her increased a bit.
There are still many difficulties to face, but as long as there is a glimmer of hope, we cannot give up at this moment. Even if the pilot work encounters many problems from the beginning, there is absolutely no reason to retreat.
In addition, Bai Lanxiang also brought an unexpected news.
"What? You said Zhou Yifu's colleague was the driver who caused the accident?" Su Qing's voice raised a few degrees, her eyes full of shock and disbelief.
Bai Lanxiang nodded, her eyes full of relief, "Yes, I just got the news. My husband's colleague was driving a walk-behind tractor while drunk, speeding and suddenly changing lanes, causing a car accident. The driver died on the spot in the accident."
Su Qing was silent for a moment. She knew that the driver who caused the accident in the previous life was Bai Lanxiang's husband Zhou Yitao. It seemed that Bai Lanfang had listened to the previous reminder, so Zhou Yitao escaped the disaster.
"So, thank you. If you hadn't reminded me and told my husband not to drink these days, I think he would have been the one in trouble this time." There was some relief in Bai Lanxiang's voice, but more of it was fear.
There was a complicated look in Su Qing's eyes. She had calculated Zhou Yitao correctly, but she had not expected her elder brother Su Yu to be injured as a result.
After many twists and turns, it was already nightfall when the mulberry seedlings were transported back to Xiangyang Production Team.
Su Qing had no choice but to organize the villagers to plant the saplings in the open space in front of the brigade headquarters, and temporarily filled the saplings with soil and watered them.
The plan is to organize three teams to start the actual comprehensive planting early tomorrow morning.
The day after the saplings were planted, Su Yao ran into the brigade headquarters panting, with a look of horror on her face.
"You guys should go and have a look! Someone...someone has dug up all our saplings!" As soon as she finished speaking, the scene immediately fell into shock and chaos.
Su Qing and Lu Xingchen looked at each other, and a feeling of despair surged in their hearts. This might make all their previous efforts fail.
Su Qing immediately came to the place where the saplings were planted, only to see that the originally neatly arranged saplings had been dug up into a mess, with only a few lonely tree pits left.
Su Qing felt a sharp pain in her heart. These saplings were their only hope. They had made great efforts to obtain them, but now they were destroyed like this.
She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down, then turned to everyone and said, "Don't panic, our most important thing now is to find out who is behind this and get our saplings back."
Lu Xingchen also took action immediately. He began to ask the surrounding villagers, trying to find some clues and organize people to search for the stolen saplings.
As time passed, Su Qing and Lu Xingchen were filled with anxiety.
They knew that if they could not retrieve the saplings in time, their silkworm breeding plan would fail completely.
Just when they were almost in despair, they finally received good news: someone found the stolen saplings in a nearby wasteland.
Su Qing and Lu Xingchen immediately took people there, and sure enough, they found the saplings buried in the soil there.
Although some of the saplings were damaged, most were still intact.
Su Qing clenched her fists, with a determined light in her eyes, and said to Lu Xingchen: "Even if there are only a few saplings left, we can't give up. Every sapling is our hope, and we must go all out."
Lu Xingchen agreed with it and nodded. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard a noise in the distance.
They were in extreme anxiety just now, but at this moment, they saw a truck suddenly appeared in their sight, loaded with the saplings they needed.
"Look, what is that?" A villager pointed to the distance with surprise in his voice.
"This is..." Su Qing looked at the truck in surprise.
A familiar figure jumped out of the car. It was Zhou Yifu. "I heard about your situation and specially transferred these saplings."
Su Qing and Lu Xingchen looked at each other, and a hint of gratitude flashed in their eyes.
Everyone looked in that direction and saw Zhou Yi-fu instructing everyone to unload pots of tender green saplings from the car.
"That's...that's a high-quality mulberry seedling!" the villagers shouted excitedly.
Su Qing and Lu Xingchen immediately understood that this was God's will and the new hope sent by God.
A whole truckload of saplings, each one is vibrant and full of life.
"Where did this come from?" Su Qing asked.
Zhou Yifu smiled cheerfully, "It was my brother Zhou Yitao who sent me a telegram overnight. It just so happened that our Wan'an Farm had this batch of saplings, so he sent them to me overnight for emergency use."
Su Qing and Lu Xingchen were so moved that they were speechless. They walked up to Zhou Yifu and Bai Lanxiang and held their hands tightly. "This is timely help. You must thank Director Zhou on our behalf when you go back."
"We will definitely succeed." Su Qing held Lu Xingchen's hand tightly, her voice firm.
Everyone started to get busy. The three teams implemented the distribution of work points and started planting mulberry seedlings. Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.